German FM lays wreath to commemorate African victims of World War I
May 4, 2018 German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, on Friday kaid a wreath in commemoration of African victims of World War I at a memorial in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar…
No Nobel Prize winners this year, Academy cites scandal
There will be no Nobel Literature Prize awarded this year, the Swedish Academy said Friday, as the organisation attempts to regroup from an ongoing scandal. “The academy said it would…
No Nobel Prize in Literature this year, announces Swedish Academy
May 4, 2018 There will be no Nobel Literature Prize awarded this year, the Swedish Academy said Friday, as the organisation attempts to regroup from an ongoing scandal. “The academy…
North Korea’s Kim tells China he is committed to denuclearisation
May 3, 2018 North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has told visiting Chinese diplomat on Thursday that he is committed to denuclearisation, China’s foreign ministry said. The ministry said the…
Oil price approximately $75, market supported by Iran worries
May 1, 2018 Oil prices held steady on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four-month high, with crude supported by worries that United Sstates President Donald Trump may pull…
UK trade minister delighted over Trump steel tariff extension
May 1, 2018 Britain’s trade minister Liam Fox said on Tuesday he was delighted that United States President Donald Trump had decided to extend a temporary exemption on steel and…
ICRC says 10 aid workers captured by armed group freed in South Sudan
April 30, 2018 An ICRC says 10 aid workers, who went missing in South Sudan on Friday have been freed from an armed group that detained them in the…
Africa’s democratic ‘laggards’ must listen to calls for change – Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf
African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday, after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership…
Uganda to tax Facebook, Whatsapp users, press freedom advocates kick
Uganda’s government is proposing a tax of 100 shillings ($0.03) per day for at least some users of social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp, parliament said, amid criticism from…
Pope begins Vatican meetings with Chilean victims of clerical abuse
April 28, 2018 Pope Francis has begun his individual meetings with three victims of clerical sexual abuse from Chile, the Vatican said. The pontiff’s priority for the talks at the…